The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said its members would consider embarking on another industrial action because the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government is yet to fulfil any of its promises to them….CONTINUE READING
The ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, revealed this during an interview session, adding that the last month salaries were paid to them via the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) as against the government’s promise to stop that.
The IPPIS unveiled in 2006, is a government initiative aimed at streamlining payroll for government ministries, departments, and agencies.
It was later extended to universities and colleges but was vehemently rejected by the workers who embarked on a protracted strike in 2020, and 2021,
Osodeke added that none of the union’s demands had been fulfilled. In September 2023, the government announced a 35% increase in the salary of tertiary institution workers, retroactive to January 2023.
